John 10 10 The thief does not come

John 10 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. Working To Live A More Abundant Life Through Jesus !

■ Ephesians 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, ■ To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: ■ 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Salvation Comes To The Believer By: 1. Hearing (Romans 10: 17) 2. Believing (Hebrews 11: 6) 3. Repenting (Luke 13: 3) 4. Confessing (Matthew 10: 32) 5. Being Baptized (Mark 16: 16 -16)

■ Galatians 3 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

(Ephesians 4) Accepted Into The Family Of The Beloved

Predestined To Have God as Our Father

■ predestine ■ verb (transitive) 1. to foreordain; determine beforehand ■ 2. (theol) (of God) to decree from eternity (any event, esp the final salvation of individuals)

■ Ephesians 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

■ Ephesians 1 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

Sealed With the Holy Spirit of Promise

■ Ephesians 1 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

■ Ephesians 1 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both[a] which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

■ Simple Definition of dispensation ■ : permission to break a law or an official promise you have made : release from a rule, vow, or oath ■ : an act of providing something to people

■ Ephesians 1 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

■ Ephesians 1 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who[b] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

■ Acts 2: 38 38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Filled With The Spiritual Wisdom Of Our Father

■ Ephesians 1 15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

■ Ephesians 1 18 the eyes of your understanding[c] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

■ Ephesians 1 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

■ Ephesians 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

(Ephesians 4) ■Accepted Into The Family Of The Beloved, 1. Predestined To Have God as Our Father 2. Sealed With the Holy Spirit of Promise 3. Filled With The Spiritual Wisdom We Get From Our Father

Salvation Comes To The Believer By: 1. Hearing (Romans 10: 17) 2. Believing (Hebrews 11: 6) 3. Repenting (Luke 13: 3) 4. Confessing (Matthew 10: 32) 5. Being Baptized (Mark 16: 16 -16)

■ 1 Peter 3: 21 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us— baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,